One of my friends worked as a cook in one of the canteens during the Soviet years. He told me how cutlets were prepared at that time.

Soviet cutlets were extremely popular and were even surrounded by certain legends. People simply adored them. I was still a child, but I remember how happy I was when they served cutlets in the cafeteria.

My friend explained that the minced meat for the cutlets should have only a slight aroma of meat.

The tenderness and juiciness of the cutlets was achieved through the addition of bread. Modern housewives will not be able to repeat this recipe, since few people will dare to add so much bread to the minced meat.

Admit it…

Today, many people are wary of black bread and prefer to use a loaf soaked in milk. But the motto of Soviet chefs was: saving in everything.

Step-by-step cooking process

The crusts from the pieces of bread need to be cut off, placed on a baking sheet and dried to the state of crackers. Then they are crushed into crumbs – this will be the breading.

The bread crumb is poured with 200 ml of water and left for the bread to absorb water and swell.

Meat, onions, garlic and soaked bread are passed through a meat grinder.

Add the remaining water, salt and pepper, stir until smooth.

Cutlets are formed from the resulting minced meat, breaded and placed on a deep baking sheet greased with oil.

No one would fry cutlets in a frying pan, as it requires a lot of oil and time.

Baking cutlets in the oven is another way to save money.

It was according to this recipe that cutlets were prepared in Soviet canteens, and almost everyone loved them.

Did you like cafeteria cutlets?

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